IRUSA donors are helping give urgent #winter#aid for #Syrians in need, living as #refugees in #Lebanon , as well as vulnerable Lebanese families for the 2016-2017 season. This program aims to serve some 2,200 families in Lebanon.
To learn more visit irusa.org/winterization

Winter. Visions of snow, family, and warmth? Not for Syrians in the northwest.
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Abu Muhammad has already fed his bedroom furniture to the wood-burning stove that heats his home, warming his wife and seven children. Then, he burned the family’s old clothes to stave off winter’s grip.
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Now, Abu is buying used clothing at a bala (secondhand clothes store ) as fuel to warm his family. Many are doing the same in opposition-held Syria, where branches or cardboard outside the city are scarce.
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With 6 million #Syrians forced to flee into the surrounding region, finding ways to accelerate their #entrepreneurship is critical to stability & poverty reduction.
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In #Turkey alone, #refugees have started 6,000 businesses since the war began in 2011, and are creating 9 jobs on average - not just for other #refugees , but also for their host communities.